3 members (one is chair) appointed by the President with advice and concent of the Senate

10 economists - senior professional staff to the CEA

10 junior staff economists

4 statisticians - assist the CEA with identification and interpretation of economic data

Christina Romer - Chair of the CEA

Professor of Economics at the University of California Berkeley.

Before her nomination: co-director of the Program in Monetary Economics at the National Bureau of Economic Research & served as Vice President of the American Economic Association (also a member of the executive committee).

Known for her research on the causes and recovery of the Great Depression & the role that fiscal and monetary policy played in the country's economic recovery.

Recently her work, authored with David Romer, shows the impact of tax policy on government and economic growth.

Received her Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1985.

Professor of Economics at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.

Economic advisor to Barack Obama's 2004 Senate race.

Senior advisor to Senator Obama's 2008 Presidential campaign.

Member of the panel of Economic Advisers to the Congressional Budget Office, a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research.

Research fellow at the American Bar Foundation.

Senior Economist to the Democratic Leadership Council.

Fulbright Scholar & recipient of an Alfred P. Sloan Fellowship.

Received his B.A. summa cum laude in economics from Yale University in 1991, his M.A. in economics from Yale University in 1991, & his Ph.D. in economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1995.

Cecilia Rouse - CEA Member

Professor of Economics and Public Affairs at Princeton University.

Senior editor of The Future of Children and Journal of Labor Economics.

Founding director of the Princeton University Education Research Section.

Current director of the Industrial Relations Section.

Member of the MacArthur Foundation's Research Network on the Transition to Adulthood.

Served in the National Economic Council under President William J. Clinton from 1998 to 1999.